Hand-truck.



J. BUGKLEY HAND, TRUCK. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 26. 1909.

I Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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HAND-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Application filed July 26, 1909. -Seria1No. 509,606.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BUoKLnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Trucks, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trucks, and more particularly tohand trucks as used in freight ware houses, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a truck of improved construction which will be moredurable and serviceable than the ordinary truck in common use.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a design in the noseof the truck that the portions of the same will reinforce each other,thus producing a truck nose which will be strong and eflicient yet notheavy and cumbersome.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in whichthe figure is a perspective view of my improved truckin its preferredform.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the side members of thetruck and 2 the handles thereof. Hangers 3 in which the usual wheel axle4 is journaled are secured to the side members 1. Legs 5 and ordinarycross bars 6 are provided, longitudinally extending metallic bars 7being socured to said bars to reinforce and protect the same from wear.Iron straps 8 are secured to the side members 1, and underneath thelower ends of these straps the .upper extremities of members 9 aresecured,

notches 10 being formed insaid side members to receive said extremities.

The nose of the truck which is the principal novel feature of thepresent invention comprises the members 9 and a transversely extendingplate 11, the latter having a plurality of transversely extending slots12 to render the plate light without materially reducing its strength.This plate is provided with a continuous bend 13 and with a forwardlyextending portion 14; which forms the nose proper, slots 15 similar tothe slots 12 being provided in said forwardly extending portion for thesame purpose as the slots 12. It will be noted that the bend 13 extendscontinuously across the nose, thus forming the strongest portionthereof, it being apparent that it is neces sary to make this portionsufficiently strong to resist the severe strains to which it issubjected. The bent portion of the plate is not only formed continuouslyand unbroken but the thicknessof the material at this point is greaterthan any other portion of the plate, thus rendering the possibility ofbreakage very remote with ordinary usage. Downwardly extending lips 16which engage the top side of one of the cross bars 6, and downwardlyextending lips 17 which are secured to the side members 1 are provided,these lips assisting the rivets 18 in holding the nose in position.

The nose may be formed from sheet metal or it may be a forging orcasting, the onepiece construction with its parts reinforcing each othermaking a nose which is stronger and cheaper than the usual constructionin which several separate and distinct parts are employed.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, hence I do notrestrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a hand truck, side members having hangers secured thereto in whicha Wheel axle is journaled, a transversely extending plate secured tosaid side members, a forwardly extending nose integral with said plate,said plate and said nose having transversely extending substantiallyrectangular slots, the juncture of said plate and said nose being acontinuous unbroken bend, cross bars connecting said side members, anddownwardly projecting lips in said plate engaging one of said bars andsaid side members, substantially as described.

2. In a hand truck, a wooden frame comprising side handle members andcross bars connecting said side members; longitudinal metallicreinforcing strips on said side members and said cross bars, there beingnotches in said side members under the lower ends adapted to be securedto the sides of said 10 of the reinforcing strips thereon; a transsidemembers, substantially as described. versely extending metallic noseplate having In testimony whereof I have signed my upwardly extendingmembers provided with name to this specification in the presencedownwardly bent ends adapted to be se-. of two subscribing witnesses.

cured in said notches; downwardly project- JOHN BUCKLEY. ing lips onsaid nose plate adapted to take WVitnesses: over one of said cross bars;and downwardly JOSHUA R. H. Por'rs,

extending lips at the sides of said nose plate WV. C. SMITH.

